He said to the bridegroom, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now.”
1 Corinthians 11:21 - Easy To Read Version Why? Because when you eat, each person eats without waiting for the others. Some people don’t get enough to eat \{or drink\}, while other people \{have so much that they\} become drunk. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For in eating each one [hurries] to get his own supper first [not waiting for the poor], and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. American Standard Version (1901) for in your eating each one taketh before other his own supper; and one is hungry, and another is drunken. Common English Bible Each of you goes ahead and eats a private meal. One person goes hungry while another is drunk. Catholic Public Domain Version For each one first takes his own supper to eat. And as a result, one person is hungry, while another is inebriated. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For every one taketh before his own supper to eat. And one indeed is hungry and another is drunk. |
He said to the bridegroom, “People always serve the best wine first. Later, after the guests have become drunk, people serve the cheaper wine. But you have saved the best wine until now.”
When you all come together, you are not really eating the Lord’s Supper. {\cf2\super [80]}
If a person is \{too\} hungry to wait, then he should eat at home. Do this so that your meeting together will not bring God’s judgment on you. I will tell you what to do about the other things when I come.
These false teachers have made many people suffer. So they themselves will suffer. That is their pay for what they have done. These false teachers think it is fun to do evil things openly \{where all people can see\}. They enjoy the evil things that please them. So they are like dirty spots and stains among you—\{they bring shame to you\} in the meals that you eat together.